Project Description
A system tray app that adds seamless features to iTunes including automated library maintenance, playlist management, playlist sychronization with MP3 players, lyrics downloads, track and playback control, and global keyboard control. C#, WPF, MusicBrainz, iTunes APIs, and more!
From a gracious follower
"Thank you for all of your support for this wonderful tool. I love using it to transfer my iTunes music library to my mp3 player. I haven't found anything else that works as well as iTuner!!!" - MM
Features
- [Automated library maintenance and optimization](http://ituner.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=User Guide&referringTitle=Home&ANCHOR#Librarian)
- Remove "dead tracks" - tracks in library without corresponding data files
- Remove duplicates - multi-level intelligent processing to identify and archive duplicate tracks
- Remove empty directories - delete empty hard-drive directories left over by iTunes' organize
- Automatically import media files not yet in iTunes Library
- Automatically download missing album artwork
- [Synchronize](http://ituner.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=User Guide&referringTitle=Home&ANCHOR#Synchronize) one or more playlists directly to a selected USB MP3 player
- [Easy playlist export/import](http://ituner.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=User Guide&referringTitle=Home&ANCHOR#Export)
- Export an album, an iTunes playlist, or all tracks by an artist with just a couple of clicks
- Convert the iTunes tracks to any supported music format, AAC, AIFF, M4A, MP3, or WAV
- Copy these tracks to any location, disk, USB, along with a playlist index file such as M3U, PLS, WPL, and ZPL
- Import a playlist index file to create a new library playlist and optionally import new media files
- [Global hot key control](http://ituner.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=User Guide&referringTitle=Home&ANCHOR#HotKeys) of iTunes playback with customizations
- [Automatic lyric discovery](http://ituner.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=User Guide&referringTitle=Home&ANCHOR#Lyrics) using multiple online providers
- Quick access to view lyrics of current track
- System Tray icon showing the current player state: play or pause
- Notify popup showing current track information, title, artist, album, and album artwork
- Detailed track information with quick link to storage folder on disk
- Indication of source location, standard music library, movies, TV shows, podcasts, radio
- Basic playback controls including, next/prev track, play/pause, volume, position, rating, and shuffle
- Basic track information editor to customize title, artist, and album
And
- Crystal ball...
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- Translators Wanted! – If you’d like to help translate this project, please see the translation page.
Please Support
I do this as a hobby so it is with great humility and
appreciation that I humbly request that you consider a small donation to support the development
of my projects. In exchange, I pledge to continue listening with an open mind and to respond to your
questions and tips in a timely manner.
Please consider a sponsorship or one-time donation, click here:
Why?
While iTunes is a very intuitive and feature-rich application, as a developer I normally have many windows open at the same time and screen real-estate is at a premium. Bringing iTunes to the foreground is often intrusive and overly cumbersome for clicking a single button or reading a quick track title. Running in Mini Player mode or minimizing iTunes to the Windows taskbar as a small toolbar are both great and provide handy playback controls. But neither is perfect. After using iTunes for a little while, I started realizing what I really wanted... iTuner is small, light-weight, intuitive, and its automated features make it more powerful than any iTunes add-on available.
Some Future Possibilities
- Startup with iTunes, as an iTunes plug-in
- Scheduled iPod/iPhone synchronization
- Integration with Windows Messenger to show current song
- Import media files from alternate location
Media Coverage
- Addictive Tips 13 Feb 2010
- Addictive Tips "Must Have!" 25 Mar 2010
- Arturogoga "Perfect Companion" 25 Mar 2010
- Baixaki (translated) 30 Apr 2012
- blogspot by playpcesor (translated) 16 May 2010
- Computer! Totaal (translated) 16 Sep 2010
- Computer! Totaal (translated) 30 Nov 2010
- descargas.net (translated) 18 May 2012
- ghacks.net 27 Apr 2010
- Instant Fundas "Honey I shrunk iTunes!" 11 Feb 2010
- iPhone Ticker 28 Apr 2010
- JeTelecharge 2010
- Kim Komando 24 Aug 2012
- Softonic Editor"'s Choice" 29 Apr 2010
- Maximum PC "Amazing" 29 Mar 2010
- Maximum PC "Rocks" 14 Dec 2010
- Revision3 Video Review! 25 May 2010
- Worthy Tips 2 Mar 2010
Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Steven M. Cohn. All rights reserved.
iTunes is a trademark of Apple Inc.